Title: lost recent comments widget
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# lost recent comments widget

 *  Resolved [kelly1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelly1234/)
 * (@kelly1234)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/)
 * I installed Brians Threaded Comments. I messed something up and now I have no
   recent comments widget.
 * Can anyone tell me which file I destroyed and how to get the file back.

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 *  Thread Starter [kelly1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelly1234/)
 * (@kelly1234)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692400)
 * I should add that the version is 2.3.3 and with a fresh install the recent comments
   is a default widget.
 * This is the one I would like to get but it doesn’t come back even with an upgrade.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692403)
 * Is that plugin compatble with the lates WP version?
    What happens if you delete
   the plugin (via ftp)?
 * Also, remember that some plugins and widgets (btw, widgets are just fancy plugins)
   don’t work well together.
 *  Thread Starter [kelly1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelly1234/)
 * (@kelly1234)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692404)
 * This isn’t a plugin, or at least I don’t think so. It is the default widget that
   is there after a new install. If I have a new install of wordpress I have a “
   recent comments” widget under widgets in presentation by default. This is what
   I would like to get back, or at least know which file in wordpress puts it in
   so I can try to get it back, Presently I am at a dead end.
 * I have upgraded 25 times or more, I have activated and deactivated brians threaded
   comments each time. It is possible if I knew which file and in which folder created
   the default widget for “recent comments” I might stand a chance of fixing it.
 * I believe I did something to a file that has deleted the “recent comments” widget.
 * the briansthreadedcomments works fine. but I can’t find the file that puts the
   original “recent comments” widget on the widgets page.
 * I really only know it is there on a new install, no upgrade or anything seem 
   to bring it back. I assume it has to be a comment.php or something that is gone
   or corrupted.
 * I even tried to copy/paste from a blog that works. I really am lost.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692418)
 * _This isn’t a plugin, or at least I don’t think so. _
 * It doesn’t matter what you think – as I said above: every widget is in fact a(
   fancy) plugin. Period.
 * It is in the wp-includes/widgets.php as a default built-in widget. But you should
   never touch any core file!
 * Actually, I tested on a local install and Brian’s plugin works with the recent
   comments in the default theme.
 *  Thread Starter [kelly1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelly1234/)
 * (@kelly1234)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692581)
 * I thank you for trying to help. The problem is in the rainbow theme I downloaded
   as nearly as I can tell. All I touched were the files instructed to do so by 
   the Brians comments. I do appologize for wasting your time, but thank you again,
   knowing there are people out here willing to help.
 * Supposedly the theme has been fixed and I just had an old copy. I will just stick
   with a different one. A lesson learned.

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-recent-comments-widget/#post-692581)
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